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ERIC Number: EJ217005
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977-Oct
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Free to Choose: Origins and Prediction of Academic Specialisation.
Hutchings, Donald; And Others
CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, v1 n3 p2813-3129 Oct 1977
A five-year longitudinal investigation was undertaken to identify factors influencing secondary school students in their choice of sixth-form courses and possible careers. The influence of intelligence, personality, aspirations, and family were studied. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Art, Biology, Career Choice, Elective Courses, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Humanities, Individual Characteristics, Intelligence, Microfiche, Parent Influence, Research Reports, Science Curriculum, Sciences, Secondary School Mathematics, Sex Differences, Social Studies, Specialization, Student Interests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Non-Print Media
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Sixth Form